My friends and I like to call it Freball!!!

How about scranus, or gooch?

It's been Freeball for as long as I've lived here. Much cleaner sounding than Freelard, no?

I live on NW 53rd right off of 8th and it's been called Frelard as long as I can remember. Balmont sounds F'n retarded!

Ha! Yeah! Or Phallardneymontidge...

Let's just merge all the surrounding neighborhoods into one so we don't have this confusion. From now we'll just refer to the entire area as

Ballingwoodmont Ridge

I'm sure our new condo overlords prefer "Balmont" to "Frelard", as it sounds swankier. But just as Hell's Kitchen will always be Hell's Kitchen (never "Clinton"), Frelard is forever!

no, it isn't. never has been never will be.

It's Freeball. Always has been Always will be.

Frelard, biatches.

Stop by the liberty lounge for a g&t.

what? Was Ballfre already taken?

What about Llardmont? The extra "l" makes it sound so swanky....

Arisse for three and the foul - nice work. :)

Frelard (or perhaps Freelard)-- how could it be anything else?

Speaking as a resident, the name really does evoke the neighborhood's sensibility.

I think it should be called: 'Tain't

Because, of course, 'tain't really Ballard and 'tain't really Fremont.

I just couldn't resist :o)

lol Dennis!

Beeryway

oops. frelard. or maybe freland now.....

freland. it doesn't matter how it sounds or what ideas it conjures up. that's the point.

Ummm as far back as I can remember its always been part of Interbay.

it *is* Interbay-Ballard, it has been known as Fre-lard for as long as I can remember, and I've *never* heard *anyone* refer to it as Balmont.

toudios,
from the heart of Bro-lard™©®

I've always heard Frelard... never heard of Balmont before.

@pioggia: How, pray tell, do you pronounce Fremont?

It's always been Frelard....

Balmont sounds like something created by "our new condo overlords"

Well, if you're up the hill between Market and Ross Playfield, that actually puts you into Phinney as well. So the "Ross" neighborhood should actually be Balphinfre.

I live in the no-mans-land and I tell folks I live on the Lower East Side of Ballard. Seems a little silly since the old ballard border was 8th so my home was never in Ballard but still I like the sound of it... certainly better then Frelard or Balmont.

I worked there when Hertz used to be AA Rentals, and it was Frelard then. I think that sticks.

it does need a name though, and probably not any kind of hybrid. so many times have i described the area and it usually is described by something like this

"you know that area near the dish? no, not there, more east... by hales? no? ok, you know when you are driving from fremond to ballard? yeah, in there..."

whatever we call it, what is the over/under on when we are complaining about the new frelard vs old frelard?

oh how i will miss big 5 sporting goods

I'm with Gooner. I think Balmont sounds better than Frelard, but it's been known as Frelard for as long as I can remember.

Frelard. No question.

I thought it was called "Leary".

frelard just makes me think of very inexpensive pig fat

Shouldn't it be spelled Freelard? That's how we've alway's pronounced it.

I think that Anita's is still in Ballard, just right on the border...

Not to contradict any of you who apparently know the history of the area but 'Frelard' just isn't an appealing name. Either way, enjoy

Frelard! ... and just to the North we call ourselves Phin-Lard. Or sometimes Phinney Valley.

when i lived in that neighborhood i always referred to it as frelard.

I thought official-ish signs called it the "Fremont-Ballard Industrial Area," which I think logically should be "Frelard" if shortened.

In fact, the area is the Ross neighborhood. I think the city came up with the Interbay falsehood a few years ago to lure industrial businesses into the area.

Its been Frelard for years and years - there is no question.